The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-23


t blame. There came to his mind tim
r In the history of the church at Kirt
land, when half of the apostles anC
many Others apostatised and turned
J against Joseph. This was called the
darkest period in the church's his
tory, and though it seems as though
the church was going to pieces, yet
1t went forward with renewed strength
and greater rapidity, and this had been
repeated again and again until to day the
church in the Rocky Mountain region
was 100000 strong. The work would
roll forth until it spread over the whole
earth. AS an elder in Israel, he
thought that sometimes the priesthood
did not realize the gr eat importance of
their office. He sometimes thought
that the blessing of holding this priest
hood was not properly appreciated.
The elders were called to be saviOrs to
the living and to the dead. If the Saints
were not looking forward with their
sonls TO the coming of the Son of Man,
felt deslrous Of magnifying his
calling, and reioiced in the
work in which he was engaged.
BISHOP 5. NJ. FERRIN, OF Eden.
was the next speaker. He said
| that he felt the responsible
! ties resting upon him as servant of
! God IN rising up to address the congre-
| cation: The hand of God was over the
| LAT er-day Saints during the time they
| lived in NauVoo, and that locality, and
their prosperity while iiVin5 there,
brought upon them the envy of the
people, and prosecutions followed, and
Ehey were driven into the wilderness,
where, through the blessing Of God and
tae wisdom OF His servants, they had
become a great people, while those FAC
tons who lett The church in its time
of trial had come to nsught.
The subject of the welfare of
the young people was an important
one, and worthy of grave consideration.
He found that those who entered into
matrimony were the ones who became
useful members of society and the
church. Poverty should not deter any
young man from taking this step. He
prayed that God might enable the
Saints to fill up their time in righteous
ness upon the earth. Many things had
been brought to his mind, while listen
ing to the remarks of the preceding
speakers, of his experiences when he first
joined the church. He had seen the
people in exile from their homes in
Kirkland, and had seen them
on their march from the city
of NauvOo and he thanked God
that he had continued with the
church. The appearance of things |
when the Saints entered this valley was
not very inviting, and the hardships |
were great. All of these experiences |
had strengthened his faith in the work |
and in the desire to witness its success.
II. II. TRACY, of Marriottsville, then |
addressed the congregation. He said |
that he felt thankful that he was per
mitted to meet in the Conference with |
the Latter day Saints. If man alb
sented himself from the body of the |
SAINTS, and went into the world, he
should be prepared to give instruction
and to sustain and uphold his religion.
He bore his testimony to the truth of |
the remarks of the preceding speakers.
God was Fastening his work, The duty
of the Saints was to look to themselves,
and see that they were acknowledging
the hand of God day by day, and so
live as to obtain a continuance of His
blessings. The Saints should attend to
every duty, and live as becl me the
people of God, and if they did this, He
would sustain them. Some of the
Saints We're being prosecuted, but this
was nothing to be compared with the
persecution OF the past. God would not
desert the honest-in-heart, who were
striving day by day to keep His com
He knew that this was
the kingdom of God, and that
it would triumph in spite of
sired to annihilate it. He ex-
to their covenants, so that in the end
they might be worthy of and obtain
eternal life.
BISHOP ALLEN, of Statewide, was the
last speaker. He wished to bear his
testimony to the truth of the work in
which the Latter day Saints were en-
gagged. He had been identified with the
church all his life, and by the light of
his experience he could clearly see that
the work was rolling onward to ulti-
mate success. The priesthood had not
been given to men for naught. It in
7olyed responsibilities. There was a
I great work for fathers and
mothers in instructing and di-
-ecting their children Alright. He
'ealized that in many cases parents
we're responsible for the hayward con-
iuct of their children, but he knew of !
7oung men and young women who had
lad every care bestowed upon them by
heir parents and had yet gone astray.
n many cases it was the parents rather
han the children who deserved SYM {
,athy. {
The choir and congregation sang I
With great spirit and fervor the hymn
raise to the man who communed with
Jehovah.
The benediction was pronounced by s
Counselor q. F. Middleton, ard the :
conference was adjourned until 10 a. m.
o-day, when the reports will be heard.
The New City Hall.
1t is now a settled fact that the city 7
will build a new City Hall, and plans
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